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Photo ID: 104240
Date Shot
Photo By
Sunday, April 1, 2012 Kevin Morgan
Location
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Denver, CO
1864
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Subdivision
Railroad
Golden (BNSF) BNSF
Not long ago, BNSF would frequently use older power on the Beer Run in the form of SD40-2s or something similar. These days, it tends to run with newer power, such as the C44-9W and ES44DC seen here. The SD40-2s will be dropped off in Golden and used on the Golden Switcher (local) in the upcoming week.
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Photo ID: 104239
Date Shot
Photo By
Sunday, April 1, 2012 Kevin Morgan
Location
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Denver, CO
2134
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Golden (BNSF) BNSF
BNSF's Beer Run is offering up a lot of "bell and whistle" as it heads west toward Sheridan Blvd. The BNSF train is moving close to UP track gangs working on the new main track. You can see the future Main 2 (with concrete ties) to the left of the train in the picture. The new (freshly ballasted) Arvada Siding is right next to the BNSF track.
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Photo ID: 104136
Date Shot
Photo By
Sunday, March 11, 2012 Kevin Morgan
Location
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Garrison Street
Arvada, CO
1523
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Railroad
Golden (BNSF) BNSF
Clouds to the west and sun to the east kills just about any shot of a westbound...except for the silhouette shot! A morning beer run is making its way through Arvada. Note the "Olde Town Arvada" name on the water tower in the distance.
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Photo ID: 104062
Date Shot
Photo By
Saturday, February 4, 2012 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
MP 9
Arvada, CO
1951
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Subdivision
Railroad
Golden (BNSF) BNSF
The Golden Sub only sees four trains per day, on average. When there is a lot of snow falling, that is sufficient time to cover the tracks up! It's up to this train to uncover and find the rails.
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Photo ID: 104061
Date Shot
Photo By
Saturday, February 4, 2012 Kevin Morgan
Location
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MP 9
Arvada, CO
2020
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Subdivision
Railroad
Golden (BNSF) BNSF
A Saturday Beer Run, with 40 cars of coal headed for Coors in Golden, crosses the Independence Street grade crossing at milepost nine in Arvada. The 15 inches of snow that fell in the last 24 hours is quite apparent!
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Photo ID: 104057
Date Shot
Photo By
Sunday, January 15, 2012 Kevin Morgan
Location
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MP 5
Denver, CO
1744
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Railroad
Golden (BNSF) BNSF
As part of the second main track that UP is (slowly) adding west of C&S, BNSF has to lay the track to reconnect at C&S. Here, you can see a string of ballast cars...and a seas of ballast...sitting, waiting to lay more ballast on the new track.
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Photo ID: 103929
Date Shot
Photo By
Friday, September 16, 2011 Kevin Morgan
Location
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MP 7
Arvada, CO
1959
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Railroad
Golden (BNSF) BNSF
Okay, a BNSF C44-9W. So what, right? At first glance, there doesn't seem to be anything special about the unit. However, it is the first C44-9W that I have seen wearing the New Image scheme instead of the Heritage II scheme! On this Friday afternoon, the unit is sitting on BNSF's Golden Branch, shut down, on a work train.
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Photo ID: 103878
Date Shot
Photo By
Monday, September 5, 2011 Kevin Morgan
Location
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MP 9
Arvada, CO
1542
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Subdivision
Railroad
Golden (BNSF) BNSF
Of course, the sun that had been out all day went behind the single cloud in the sky just as this all-coal version of the Beer Run approached me at Garrison Street in Arvada.
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Photo ID: 103265
Date Shot
Photo By
Sunday, January 17, 2010 Kevin Morgan
Location
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MP 7
Arvada, CO
1820
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Subdivision
Railroad
Golden (BNSF) BNSF
It is about five minutes before sunset and the Beer Run has picked up a string of loaded coal hoppers from the Arvada siding for transport to Coors in Golden. In addition to the standard power on the train, two SD40-2s are on the train too. They were serviced in Denver and will act as the power on the Golden Switch in the week to come.
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Photo ID: 103264
Date Shot
Photo By
Sunday, January 17, 2010 Kevin Morgan
Location
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MP 7
Denver, CO
1691
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Subdivision
Railroad
Golden (BNSF) BNSF
BNSF's twice daily Beer Run is making its way across Tennyson Street westbound back toward Golden. The train will be stopping ahead to pick up a string of loaded coal hoppers from the Arvada siding.
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Photo ID: 103206
Date Shot
Photo By
Thursday, December 10, 2009 Kevin Morgan
Location
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MP 6
Denver, CO
2028
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Subdivision
Railroad
Golden (BNSF) BNSF
If you are feeling a little warm, this picture should cool you off! 15 minutes after sunset and the Golden Switch is headed back west toward Golden on BNSF's Golden Sub. The local runs east out of Golden to switch industries along the line between Coors and C&S Junction.
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Photo ID: 103059
Date Shot
Photo By
Thursday, August 13, 2009 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
MP 11
Arvada, CO
1691
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Subdivision
Railroad
Golden (BNSF) BNSF
A pair of sequentially numbered ES44DCs pull the Beer Run across Ward Road on their trek toward Golden. The decline in the economy has resulted in thousands of older units being shut down and stored. Consequently, it has become common to find some of the newest power working the "lowly" Beer Run.
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Photo ID: 102937
Date Shot
Photo By
Saturday, May 16, 2009 Kevin Morgan
Location
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MP 13
Golden, CO
1756
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Subdivision
Railroad
Golden (BNSF) BNSF
A very long Beer Run heads east out of Golden in the late afternoon on a wonderful Saturday afternoon. The power on the Beer Run is rather bland right now, with a pair of C44-9Ws pulling the duty.
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Photo ID: 102680
Date Shot
Photo By
Saturday, February 21, 2009 Kevin Morgan
Location
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MP 6
Denver, CO
1755
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Subdivision
Railroad
Golden (BNSF) BNSF
With the economy being in a slump right now, railroads are storing unneeded power. The stored power tends to be older power (SD40-2s, for example). As a result, newer power is showing up on jobs that would have operated under older power not long ago. Here is a perfect example. The "Beer Run" sits on the Golden Sub at Tennyson Street with a pair of C44-9Ws for power.
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Photo ID: 102665
Date Shot
Photo By
Sunday, February 8, 2009 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
MP 13
Golden, CO
1902
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Subdivision
Railroad
Golden (BNSF) BNSF
This shot can really take you back! A pair of Yellow-Bonnets, a GP39-2 and a GP38, will serve as power for the Golden Switch which runs east out of Golden to switch other industries on the Golden Sub. In 1987 and 1988, these same units could be found on the Joint Line, running some of the hottest trains on the Santa Fe (the QDVLJ and QLJDV from Denver to La Junta and vice versa).
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